The rudist bivalve Durania aguilae Adkins was described from the Mendez Formation in Mexico and originally attributed to the Santonian. We revise this species and show that it belongs to the genus Chiapasella Müllerried. We also recognize that Chiapasella aguilae (Adkins) is a senior synonym of Chiapasella trechmanni Mitchell and Gunter, an important biostratigraphic indicator in the late late Maastrichtian of Jamaica. Chiapasella aguilae is therefore an important late late Maastrichtian marker fossil that has been recorded from Jamaica, Mexico, and Cuba.
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1 May 2010
Systematic and Biostratigraphic Significance of the American Rudist Bivalve Durania aguilae Adkins, 1930
Simon F. Mitchell,
Jose Maria Pons
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Journal of Paleontology
Vol. 84 • No. 3
May 2010
Vol. 84 • No. 3
May 2010
Chiapasella aguilae
Cretaceous
Durania
Mendez Formation
Rudist bivalve